Collaboration

Software

Red Hat’s Mobile Portfolio Centre rolls into Toronto

September 14, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Red Hat’s Mobile Portfolio Centre rolls into Toronto
Red Hat’s touring trailer is focused on providing customers and partners with training and education on five top IT challenges the vendor sees as important opportunities.

Big Data

Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption
Information Builders has enhanced the analytics capabilities in their platform, but the big news with this release is the UI changes, designed to make it much easier for a broader range of users to work with.

Unified Communications

Sennheiser brings some new twists to “Trade In &Trade Up” competitor product switch promo

September 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sennheiser brings some new twists to “Trade In &Trade Up” competitor product switch promo
Sennheiser is targeting the burgeoning unified collaboration market for headsets with a type of competitor displacement promo which is a first for the company in North America in recent memory.

Computers

Lenovo North American president Matt Zielinski talks strategy in Toronto visit

August 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo North American president Matt Zielinski talks strategy in Toronto visit
Growth in the consumer market is a critical part of the Lenovo strategy Zielinski laid out, but channel reinvigoration, particularly in the SMB space, is also vital.

Cloud

Intermedia growing channel business with new UCaaS offering and stronger partner enablement

August 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia growing channel business with new UCaaS offering and stronger partner enablement
The Intermedia messaging to the channel at this year’s CompTIA ChannelCon event emphasized the UCaaS opportunity around their Unite offering which came out in February.

Storage

Cloudian makes complementary move partnering with Storage Made Easy on file sync-and-share solution for compliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian makes complementary move partnering with Storage Made Easy on file sync-and-share solution for compliance
The Cloudian partnership with Storage Made Easy adds an enterprise file sync-and-share capability to the core Cloudian offering. Cloudian and its channel partners will resell the joint solution.

Backup

CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances

July 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances
The new CTERA appliances triple the speed, double the capacity and quadruple the number of users supported over CTERA’s previous edge offerings, allowing them to position them as a full NAS replacement.

Channel Communities

Tech Data looks to drive innovation thought leadership with Milton Education Village Innovation Centre partnership

June 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tech Data looks to drive innovation thought leadership with Milton Education Village Innovation Centre partnership
This third-party partnership will leverage Tech Data manufacturing and solution provider partners, as well as their internal resources, to collaborate with the MEV around digital transformation initiatives, especially for SMBs.

Digital Signage

ViewSonic deepens collaboration display portfolio with enhanced IFP60 series

June 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic deepens collaboration display portfolio with enhanced IFP60 series
ViewSonic also announced two new commercial displays, the The ViewSonic CDE8600, a large 86-inch 4K digital signage display, and ViewSonic CDX5562, a 55-inch model with narrow bezels designed to be part of a large video wall.

Hardware

Lenovo expands Smart Office initiative with ThinkSmart Hub 700

June 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands Smart Office initiative with ThinkSmart Hub 700
Lenovo continues their strategy designed to make them a major Smart Office player, with the announcement of their second ThinkSmart offering for the Smart Office, following up their first, which just was released to General Availability.